Chris Tannhauser

Image from the Simpsons of Pynchon with a bag over his head on a cell phone. He's standing in front of a house with a neon sign advertising it as his home.

Alright, let's do it. Here's a little prospective reader's guide to every Thomas Pynchon novel. We'll take them in order of publication. This might be a long thread. Buckle up! 1/x

I upgraded purely for the aesthetics—it's a gorgeous edition—but honestly it's not *necessary*. But I’m a pig for this shit and so found myself helpless to resist.

🤷‍♀️

A half-century teddy bear lays on a concrete garage floor. The bear is well-loved, the fuzz rubbed off in places, deflated and stitched up where he bled stuffing. He's wearing li'l red overalls with yellow buttons; his black, sightless shark's eyes stare into the audient void. There are a pair of comic book word balloons from the excellent graphic novels SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN, where each monster hunter has their own childhood security stuffie with an actual monster in it. The word balloons say, "Yes, that's right. I'm not real. This is all a nightmare. A nightmare that gutted your friends. It's easier to think that way, yes? So you don't have to face that you led them down into the dark woods late at night, to their deaths." All in all a fitting tribute to my old friend.

Found my childhood security stuffie~

I love this shit.

I always start demon summoning rituals in the middle what’s the worst that could hap

MR. BONES APPROVES

Damnation: The Gothic Game

Shadow Hunters

🦇 Have fun!

Mr. Bones is super-stoked about his Halloween costume

My apologies for my poor communication—I was addressing the Kilmeade quote!

Your fellow humans need a hand, and you give them the poison pill of hate.

ONE LAW SAFE

Which version? I love the OG Eric Sabee art!

See also: Horst Wessel

Rapture helmets, you know, for like if you’re indoors when Jesus hits the button.

They are the lucky descendants of thugs and schemers, sitting atop a pyramid of misery.

Ta-Nehisi Coates: “What of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life? Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know.”

They’re getting it!

anyone need their horse rotated?

Please do not make light of Crossbow-Man’s rough patch.

Really stuck his neck out on that one.

“What if Philip K. Dick got roofied by Henry Ford?”

YouTube video by NaMoLandia Nasa ✮ Insha-Allah! (Full album and bonus track)

My friend Dave found this CD in a used bin 30 years ago—it’s been in heavy rotation ever since. Sublime tunes.

Now there’s a religion I can get on my knees for.

The new bookshelf.